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titch

/tɪt͡ʃ/

titch noun: a very small person; a small child. Also the pronunciation spelling of touch.

Noun (1)

titch (plural titches)

  1. (UK, colloquial) A very small person; a small child.
    • I ain't afraid of a titch like you.
    • We called him Titch because he was a tiny little man, and he had a mop of black hair.1995, Philip Mitchell, One Moonlit Night, translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad by Caradog Prichard, page 106
  2. (UK, colloquial) A small amount.
    • Is there any milk left? Just a titch.

Noun (2)

titch (plural titches)

  1. (colloquial) A small amount of something.
    • I'll have just a titch more cake.
    • “...and just a titch of my special pepper sauce over these turnip greens, everybody loves turnip greens.”1988, Howard Lewis Russell, Rush to Nowhere, page 148

Also used as

titch is also the pronunciation spelling of touch.

titch is also the pronunciation spelling of teach.

Forms of titch

Noun
pluraltitches
Verb
third-person singular presenttitches
present participletitching
past participletitched
pasttitched

Origin of titch

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (“young goat”).

From Middle English techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of Middle English touchen (“to touch”).

Variant or colloquial pronunciation of teach.

Words formed from titch

Words that rhyme with titch

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Questions about titch

What does titch mean?
Titch means a very small person; a small child.
What part of speech is titch?
Titch is a noun.
How do you pronounce titch?
Titch is pronounced /tɪt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of titch?
The plural of titch is titches.

Words near titch in the dictionary

  1. Titarev
  2. titavate
  3. Titay
  4. titbit
  5. titbits
  6. titch
  7. titched
  8. Titchener
  9. Titchener circles
  10. Titchenerian
  11. titches

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